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Subject: Re: Where does "on the fritz" come from?
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 22:10:00 EST
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The Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins credits
the Oxford Dictionary for tracing it to 1902 and supports the
Katzenjammer theory.